List of Everton F.C. international players

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Everton Football Club, an association football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside, was founded in 1878 and competes in the top flight of English football the Premier League. Everton have a storied history winning nine League titles, five FA Cups and the European Cup Winners' Cup.

Players of the club can be called up to represent their national team and to date 238 players have played at senior international level whilst registered with the club.[1] Everton's first international was Job Wilding who appeared for Wales against England on 14 March 1885. The most recent newly capped player is Beto for Guinea-Bissau against Mali on 11 October 2024.

Countries (in blue) in which Everton players have been capped at international level.

Robert Warzycha became the first player from outside of the British Isles to represent his country, Poland in 1991 (Although some players born outside of the British Isles had played internationally for the club for Home Nation sides such as Pat Van Den Hauwe born in Belgium but representing Wales). Daniel Amokachi was the first non-European representative for Nigeria in 1993.[2]

Since 2016, Tim Howard holds the record for most caps won with 93 for United States of America, previously Neville Southall had held the record with 91 caps for Wales since the early 1990s.[3]

Dixie Dean held the record for most international goals with 18 for England held from the 1930s, Tim Cahill matched this in 2012 for Australia.

37 individual Everton players have represented their countries at the World Cup, with Everton being represented in 13 of the 22 tournaments (currently having taken part in 10 consecutive tournaments since 1986. Alex Parker the first in 1958 for Scotland.[4] At the most recent 2018 World Cup 3 Everton players represented 3 countries. Tim Cahill, representing Australia, is the only player to appear at more than one tournament.

Over 2700 caps for 44 countries have been earned by players while contracted to Everton.

The most Everton players to play in a single fixture was between Republic of Ireland and England on 7 June 2016 when five players (three for Ireland, two for England) appeared.

List of internationals

The following list includes only caps earned while contracted to Everton.

Three Everton players (Eglington, Farrell and Stevenson) were dual internationals for Ireland. Their caps are listed separately below but included only once in the total player count of 240.

The following list includes only caps earned while playing for Everton. This includes players on loan to Everton but not players out on loan to other sides. For example: Neville Southall earned 92 Wales caps while contracted to Everton, one of these was while on loan to Port Vale and thus is not included.

Updated as of fixtures played 19 November 2024

World Cup players

The following were part of World Cup squads while playing for Everton.

Johnny Heitinga was runners-up for the Netherlands at the 2010 World Cup
Tournament Players
World Cup 1958 Scotland Alex Parker, Wales Roy Vernon
World Cup 1966 England Ray Wilson
World Cup 1970 England Alan Ball, England Brian Labone, England Keith Newton, England Tommy Wright
World Cup 1986 England Gary Lineker, England Peter Reid, Scotland Graeme Sharp, England Trevor Steven, England Gary Stevens
World Cup 1990 Scotland Stuart McCall, Republic of Ireland Kevin Sheedy
World Cup 1994 Sweden Anders Limpar
World Cup 1998 Croatia Slaven Bilić
World Cup 2002 Sweden Niclas Alexandersson, Republic of Ireland Lee Carsley, Denmark Thomas Gravesen, Sweden Tobias Linderoth, United States Joe-Max Moore
World Cup 2006 Australia Tim Cahill, Portugal Nuno Valente
World Cup 2010 Nigeria Yakubu, Australia Tim Cahill, Netherlands Johnny Heitinga, South Africa Steven Pienaar, Nigeria Joseph Yobo
World Cup 2014 England Leighton Baines, England Ross Barkley, United States Tim Howard, England Phil Jagielka, Belgium Kevin Mirallas
World Cup 2018 Senegal Idrissa Gueye, England Jordan Pickford, Iceland Gylfi Sigurdsson
World Cup 2022 England Conor Coady, Senegal Idrissa Gueye, Belgium Amadou Onana, England Jordan Pickford

AFC Asian Cup

The following were part of Asian Cup squads while playing for Everton.

Tournament Players
2007 Asian Cup Australia Tim Cahill
2011 Asian Cup Australia Tim Cahill

CAF Africa Cup of Nations

The following were part of African Cup of Nations squads while playing for Everton.

Tournament Players
2004 Africa Cup of Nations Nigeria Joseph Yobo
2006 Africa Cup of Nations Nigeria Joseph Yobo
2008 Africa Cup of Nations Nigeria Yakubu, South Africa Steven Pienaar, Nigeria Joseph Yobo
2010 Africa Cup of Nations Nigeria Yakubu, Nigeria Joseph Yobo
2015 Africa Cup of Nations Ghana Christian Atsu
2017 Africa Cup of Nations Senegal Idrissa Gueye
2019 Africa Cup of Nations Senegal Idrissa Gueye, Nigeria Henry Onyekuru
2021 Africa Cup of Nations Nigeria Alex Iwobi
2023 Africa Cup of Nations Senegal Idrissa Gueye

CONCACAF Gold Cup

The following were part of Gold Cup squads while playing for Everton.

Tournament Players
2007 Gold Cup United States Tim Howard
2011 Gold Cup United States Tim Howard
2019 Gold Cup Curaçao Cuco Martina
2023 Gold Cup Jamaica Demarai Gray

CONEBOL Copa America

The following were part of Copa America squads while playing for Everton.

Tournament Players
2016 Copa América Argentina Ramiro Funes Mori, United States Tim Howard, Costa Rica Bryan Oviedo
2019 Copa América Brazil Richarlison
2021 Copa América Colombia Yerry Mina, Brazil Richarlison

UEFA European Championship

The following were part of European Championship squads while playing for Everton.

Tournament Players
UEFA Euro 1968 England Alan Ball, England Brian Labone, England Ray Wilson, England Tommy Wright
UEFA Euro 1988 Republic of Ireland Kevin Sheedy, England Trevor Steven, England Gary Stevens, England Dave Watson
UEFA Euro 1992 England Martin Keown, Scotland Pat Nevin
UEFA Euro 1996 Switzerland Marc Hottiger, Russia Andrei Kanchelskis
UEFA Euro 2000 England Nick Barmby, Norway Thomas Myhre, Portugal Abel Xavier
UEFA Euro 2004 Denmark Thomas Gravesen, Sweden Tobias Linderoth, England Wayne Rooney
UEFA Euro 2012 Croatia Nikica Jelavic, Netherlands Johnny Heitinga
UEFA Euro 2016 Republic of Ireland Seamus Coleman, Belgium Romelu Lukaku, Republic of Ireland James McCarthy, Republic of Ireland Aiden McGeady
UEFA Euro 2020 England Dominic Calvert-Lewin, France Lucas Digne, Sweden Robin Olsen, England Jordan Pickford, Portugal André Gomes
UEFA Euro 2024 Ukraine Vitaliy Mykolenko, Belgium Amadou Onana, England Jordan Pickford

References

  1. ^ "Everton Results". evertonresults.com.
  2. ^ Felix Keith (3 November 2014). "91 Nations, 1 League: List of Different Premier League Goal Scorer Nationalities Continues To Grow". Just-Football.com. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Everton international records".
  4. ^ Everton legend of the sixties Alex Parker passes away, Liverpool Echo, 8 January 2010.